Archive for November, 2008

Nintendo says sold over 800,000 Wii in U.S. in Oct (Reuters)

Nintendo Co's Wii game console is displayed at an electronic shop in Tokyo's Akihabara district in this January 24, 2008 file photo. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) sold 803,210 Wii video game consoles in the United States in October, continuing the console's lead as the country's best-selling video game console, the company said on Thursday, citing figures from market research firm NPD.

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EA Sports Active for Wii Targets Women and Fitness (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Electronic Arts wants to be part of the Wii magic for women interested in getting fit. The publisher of popular game series under its EA Sports label, including Madden, NASCAR and NBA Live, has developed EA Sports Active, a game exclusively for Nintendo's Wii game console. The game will be available in the spring.

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EA jumps into fitness products (AFP)

AFP - US videogame publisher Electronics Arts on Thursday moved to get couch potatoes on their feet and exercising more than just their thumbs with a fitness product similar to Nintendo's "Wii Fit."

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Video game makers predict jingle bells at registers (Reuters)

A person holds the controller of a Nintendo Wii game console at an electronic shop in Tokyo's Akihabara district January 24, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)Reuters - Video game sales are expected to be strong this year and in 2009, despite the economic troubles that have hurt some of the retail stores that sell the games, industry executives said on Thursday.

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